Human Anatomy Quiz

What is the movement that decreases the angle between two muscles or joints?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Extension

What is the movement that increases the angle between two muscles or joints?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Extension

What is the term for the flexion of a joint that is beyond what it normally should do?

• Hyperflexion

• Hyperextension

• Rotation

• External rotation

What is the term for the extension of a joint that is beyond what it normally should do?

• Hyperflexion

• Hyperextension

• Rotation

• External rotation

What is the circular movement of a joint or muscle that allows the bodily part to move in a circular manner?

• Rotation

• External rotation

• Internal rotation

• Circumduction

What is the muscular and joint movement that entails both circular movement and also movement away from the center of the body?

• Rotation

• External rotation

• Internal rotation

• Circumduction

What is the muscular and joint movement that entails both circular movement and also movement towards the center of the body?

• Rotation

• External rotation

• Internal rotation

• Circumduction

What is the turning of a joint inward?

• Inversion

• Eversion

• Plantar flexion

• Dorsiflexion

What is the turning of a joint outward?

• Inversion

• Eversion

• Plantar flexion

• Dorsiflexion

What is the movement of the foot (plantar) downward?

• Inversion

• Eversion

• Plantar flexion

• Dorsiflexion